Use and customize Control Center on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

With iOS 11 and later, you can use Control Center to quickly take a picture, turn on lights, control your Apple TV, and more. You can even customize Control Center so you have instant access to the things you do most.

Open Control Center

Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen. On iPhone X, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen. On iPad, you can also double-click the Home button.

Close Control Center

Swipe down, tap the top of the screen, or press the Home button. On iPhone X, swipe up from the bottom of the screen or tap the screen.

Customize Control Center

You can customize Control Center so you can quickly change the settings for the things you do most. Want to be ready when inspiration hits? Add a Voice Memos control. Want to dim the lights in the dining room with a tap? Add Home controls. Here’s how:

Go to Settings > Control Center.

Tap Customize Controls.

To add controls, tap . To remove controls, tap , then tap Remove.

Want to rearrange controls in Control Center? Just go to Settings > Control Center, tap Customize Controls, then touch and hold next to the controls and drag them in the order that you want them.

Quickly control settings and use apps

Here are apps and settings you can quickly access in Control Center.

Turn on network settings

Open Control Center and press deeply or touch and hold the network settings card in the upper-left corner to turn on the following:

Control audio

Press deeply or touch and hold the audio card in the upper-right corner of Control Center to quickly play, pause, and control the volume of your favorite song, podcast, and more. Tap to switch the audio output to speakers, headphones, Apple TV, or another audio device.

You might also see cards for nearby devices that you can control audio playback for. Just tap a card to control audio for that device. You can also use the cards to create a shared music queue with friends.

Control with a tap

Tap the following apps and settings to quickly turn on, use, or adjust.

Volume: Drag the volume control up or down to adjust the volume for any audio playback.

*Calculator and Voice Memos are available on iPhone and iPod touch only. Do Not Disturb While Driving and Low Power Mode are available on iPhone only. Silent Mode is available on iPad and iPod touch only.

Press to control more

On iPhone 6s and later, you can press deeply on the following apps and settings to see more controls. If you have an iPhone 6 or earlier, iPad, or iPod touch, touch and hold the following apps to see more controls.